But my recent research suggests that sheep, goats and alpacas – staples of the barnyard – deserve more credit. In two separate studies, I tested how these animals learn, remember and make ...

We may picture tool-using primates or puzzle-solving crows. But my recent research suggests that sheep, goats and alpacas - staples of the barnyard - deserve more credit. In two separate studies, I ...

Most of the world’s more than 2 billion sheep and goats are grazed on range in countries such as Australia and New Zealand. Farmers in the United States raised nearly 5.02 million sheep and 2.51 ...

In a separate study, the researchers also found that goats performed better than sheep and alpacas in another task that ...

County fairs are a little like beauty pageants for animals. The way we selectively breed goats and sheep has shaped the course of their evolution. When I moved to Minnesota from Denver ...